For many men with prostate cancer no treatment will be necessary, and good care will mean keeping an eye on the cancer, ensuring that it does not develop into a fast-growing cancer. But we suggest you buy “Doctors Best Prostate and Bladder Support – 60 Softgels” which help to promote healthy prostate function and support and maintain a healthy bladder.

When treatment is necessary, its aim is to cure or control the disease, so that prostate cancer does not shorten the life expectancy of the men who have it, and has as little effect as possible on their everyday lives. Sometimes, if the cancer has already spread, the aim is not to cure prostate cancer, but to prolong life and delay symptoms.

There are structured aids available which can help men to make decisions about treatment. It walks them through their options, their lifestyle, their own preferences, and can help them come to a decision about what sort of treatment is right for them. Men should ask their urologist about these.

Good care for prostate cancer includes giving information to men, and their partners or carers, about the effects of prostate cancer and its treatment on:

• sex life,
• physical appearance,
• ability to control urination and bowel movement, and
• other physical and psychological aspects of masculinity that might be affected by sex hormone treatment.

Deciding which treatment to have depends on the test results, the person with cancer, and how the disease affects their daily life. Understanding the treatments, benefits and side effects can help men to make the best decisions.

Treatment for prostate cancer will depend on many things, such as which stage your cancer has reached, your age, your job, how active you are and whether you have any other serious illnesses which might affect how long you will live. We recommend Prostasan, which is a traditional herbal medicinal product used to relieve urinary discomfort in men with an enlarged prostate (BPH).

In 2008, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK NHS body that monitors how well different treatments perform, made recommendations about treatments that are offered to men with the three main stages of prostate cancer:

• localised prostate cancer (cancer that is just in the prostate gland),
• locally advanced prostate cancer (cancer that has spread beyond the prostate capsule, but is still connected to the prostate gland) and
• relapsed (cancer that has returned after treatment) and metastatic prostate cancer (cancer that has spread outside the prostate gland, with no remaining link to the original cancer in the prostate gland).

Watchful waiting is a way of caring for men with localised prostate cancer whose condition is unlikely to progress quickly enough to affect their natural life expectancy or seriously disrupt their everyday life. Watchful waiting tends to be offered to elderly men, especially those who have other illnesses, such as coronary heart disease or diabetes.

Men who want watchful waiting do not have treatment. Instead they wait to see if any symptoms develop, indicating that the cancer may be progressing. This means they can avoid the side-effects from treatments that are unlikely to help them live longer. We recommend Saw Palmetto Tincture 50ml – Prostate is used to reduce prostate enlargement; reducing inflammation and improving the emptying of the bladder.

Active surveillance is an alternative to more severe treatment for men with low- or medium-risk localised prostate cancer, which is likely to progress very slowly if at all. It is normally recommended for younger men where there is a chance that the cancer could impact on their natural life span. It involves regular check-ups, PSA tests and biopsies to ensure that any signs of progression are found as early as possible. This enables men to have medical or surgical treatment if they need it, but avoid the side-effects of these treatments if there is no sign that their cancer is getting worse.

Orchidectomy

Orchidectomy (removal of the testicles) permanently takes away the main source of the hormone, testosterone, which prostate cancer cells need in order to grow. The operation does not cure prostate cancer, but by removing the testosterone it controls the growth of the cancer and its symptoms.

Orchidectomy is not used much now because many men prefer to have hormone treatment to block the effects of testosterone, as the effects are then reversible. Side effects of orchidectomy include loss of sex drive and impotence, bone thinning, tiredness, weight gain, muscle loss and mood changes.

Note: Hormone and radiation treatment methods are discussed in a separate article.

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